House in Progress Diary

In praise of craftsmen... (hurray for ADT)

Augh.

My whole body hurts. I think I have a summer flu. Or, A was right and I shouldn't have left that standing water in the pedestal planter and I was bitten by a mosquito and now have maleria.

Not that I am overdramatic or anything. Not at all.

Today, we sing the praises of "craftspeople." Because, when they are good, BOY! Do they make a difference in home renovation.

Like today's vendor of the day, Ray. Ray works for Tyco/ADT, our security system people. (Remember...click on the picture to make it larger.)

Ray is an excellent craftsperson.

You're going to have to take our word on this because to show you pictures of his work would be, well, a breach in security. BUT! When someone uses creativity, skill and knowledge to reconfigure a system through a 90 year old house with walls like steel plate and makes it look and work WAY BETTER than it originally did when we got it and DOESN'T lose his patience with the client?

That's a real craftsperson.

Especially when that craftsperson has to reschedule his WHOLE DAY after he sees what it would take to get the job done right.

Ray, you rock.

Hats off, also, to the craftspeople on the discussion boards at the Fine Homebuilding forum.

Again, here is a group of professionals who love their craft. And it shows in their answers and advice.

Ask them a homebuilding question! Go ahead--make it a tough one! These folks know their stuff when it comes to FINE Homebuilding with a capital "F" and "H".

It's a tough world...but somebody's got to build it and keep it safe. Between Ray and the Fine Homebuilding forum, we've got a large portion of that covered.

Posted by jeanne on July 30, 2003 at 9:06 PM